Latest Screencasts (page 3)

If you have a lot of logic associated with the data inside a session, you'll need some central location to put this logic. See how to create a session based model in this episode. Watch this screencast

The named_scope method in Rails 2.1 makes performing finds on models very elegant and convenient. See how in this episode. Watch this screencast

The scope_out plugin will generate several helpful find methods for you automatically! It's the best way to move the find conditions into your model. Watch this episode for details. Watch this screencast

In this third and final episode on complex forms I will show you how to edit a project and multiple tasks all in one form. This includes removing and adding tasks dynamically as well. See the show notes for updated code. Watch this screencast

By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details. Watch this screencast

In today's episode, Patrick Crowley introduces his first Rails plugin titled ActsNaked. It's an easy way to strip your models and keep them DRY. Watch this screencast